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Twelve Days: A Season for Everything

January 1, 2021

For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to … More Twelve Days: A Season for Everything

Twelve Days: A Season for Everything
Detail of Fra Angelico, "The Annunciation"

The With-God Life: Annunciation

March 25, 2020

In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. And he came to her and said, “Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with you.” (Luke 1:26-28) I … More The With-God Life: Annunciation

The With-God Life: Annunciation
Rubens, The Annunciation

Is New Year’s Day a “Christian Holiday”?

January 1, 2014

It’s hard for me to get too excited about January 1st. I mean, it’s as good an arbitrary point as any to change calendars. So long as we bracket off the fact that — beyond the West — it’s a kind of vestige of colonialism to use that calendar in the first place. So long … More Is New Year’s Day a “Christian Holiday”?

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